Suarez explained by 'experts'

Perhaps you presumed that the term would be "tipo negrito", but the Spanish term is actually "letra negrita". So, it just so happens that the noun it describes is "letra", as per the Spanish dictionary entry "letra negrilla o negrita", is femenine.
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I don't in fact speak Spanish but speak fluent French so know how masculine and feminine verbs work.

For example it would be la maison blanche.

And it would be l'ordinateur blanc. Just to take a couple of random examples.

So when you say bold is always negrita (which is what I understood from what you said) you are in fact wrong!

If I've misunderstood you however then that is my problem and I apologise.

Fred, my original post did say "bold, as in bold type", so yes, in that case it is always femenine.

There was obviously some misundertanding down the line; perhaps I caused it myself (English is my 2nd language, and it's not easy always easy to address such sensitive issues in a tongue other than your own). In any case, apology accepted for the idiot bit - no offence taken whatsoever regarding the rest.

But now you're here, would you mind if I ask you a question?

Yesterday you explained that any reference in France to someone's skin colour as a manner of disitinguishing them is deemed unacceptable.

If, for example, if I worked in an office where there are 9 black people and only 1 white (or vice versa, of course) - and I was talking to a third party who's familiar with the faces but not the names about this guy called "John", would I be expected to find every possible way to describe him without saying "the white bloke"?

Let's face it, if you are a Liverpool supporter you will be much more willing to understand the context of any names Evra was called , if you don't then you will want Suarez banned if found guilty, without contemplating the circumstances surrounding south American slang!

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Perception is a funny thing.

Interesting that Blatter is saying zero tollerance and anyone refering to a player's colour during a match should be out of the game altogether. That seems a bit harsh, but zero tollerance means zero tollerance, no excuses.

Blatter admitted his comments had caused a "serious incident" and that he had used "unfortunate words" which he "deeply regretted".

He also said any players found guilty of racism on the pitch should be thrown out of the game.

"Zero tolerance," he said

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its a bit over the top when you consider that there are convicted killers and rapists still playing the game.